Hybrid Journals in Transformative Agreements: cOAlition S Journal Checker Tool
How open are hybrid journals in transformative agreements? This dashboard highlights the Open Access uptake in hybrid journals included in transformative agreements as listed by the cOAlition S Journal Checker Tool. You can analyse progress made over time by open license, publisher and country. You can also monitor the availability of publisher-provided metadata in Crossref.
The share of Open Access articles with a Creative Commons license in hybrid journals exposed by the cOAlition S Journal Checker Tool is as follows:
2017-2022
| Global | Germany |
| 7.1% | 21.6% |
| 669K out of 9.4Mio | 80K out of 368K |
2021
| Global | Germany |
| 10.8% | 39.2% |
| 192K out of 1775K | 28K out of 71K |
Only journal articles from lead authors based in Germany were considered. A lead author is the first named author of a scholarly article who has usually undertaken most of the research presented in the article, although author roles can vary across discipline. We used OpenAlex as data source to determine lead author affiliation.
Open Licensing
Open access articles in hybrid journals are usually published under an Creative Commons license, preferably the Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY). The ESAC guidelines and an increasing number of transformative agreements request that publishers register Creative Commons licensing information in their Crossref metadata. The following charts draw on this information to showcase the percentage of Creative Commons licensed open access articles over time by license type and publisher.
Creative Commons licenses over time
Percentage of Open Access in hybrid journals included in transformative agreements by Creative Commons license types as provided by Crossref.
Creative Commons licenses over time by publisher
Percentage of Open Access in hybrid journals included in transformative agreements by Creative Commons license types and Top 13 publishers in terms of total articles published between 2017 and 2022.
Publishing Market
Hybrid journal portfolio analysis, showing publishing market shares in terms of total and Open Access article volume. Note that only hybrid journals included in transformative agreements are shown.
Publisher League
This interactive table highlights the hybrid Open Access publisher output by year, sorted . It shows the number and proportion of Open Access articles provided under a Creative Commons license in hybrid journals included in transformative agreements. The table also illustrates the number of hybrid journals per portfolio, which published articles in the year, and the corresponding percentage of hybrid journals with at least one Open Access article. You can filter by publisher, publication year, and between a global and a country-specific view relative to lead author publications from Germany.
Country View
This section shows how hybrid open access has been adopted in different parts of the world. The analysis is based on country-affiliations of lead authors. Lead authors are the first named authors of scholarly articles who have usually undertaken most of the research presented in the article, although author roles can vary across discipline. We used OpenAlex as data source to determine lead author affiliation.
Open Access in Hybrid Journals by Country
Percentage of Open Access Articles with a Creative Commons license per country. Showing the Top 20 most productive countries in terms of articles published in hybrid journals included in transformative agreements between 2017 and 2022.
Country League
Publication volume in hybrid journals included in transformative agreements and Open Access share per country. You can search for specific countries, and filter by publisher and publication year.